House and garden, “Yosemite”
Yosemite, 18 Anglo Square, Carlton, is a Californian bungalow built circa 1913. It is a three-bedroom bungalow with original leadlight windows and two fireplaces. It was advertised for sale in February 2001.[1]Its original architect was American.It is locally significant as it represents an example of the Federation housing development of Anglo Square. It is an early overlay of development in the Westbourne Estate subdivision of circa 1900.See Tropman and Tropman, Kogarah Heritage Study, July 1994, Group 2 Ref Item 18.Resident in 1922 was a Mr Brooks. 1938 rates book, owner Frank Brooks. Vol 2486 Fol 159 DP5409.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.[1] St George Leader 27 February 2001, p76.
House and garden, “Lohengrin”
House and garden, “Lohengrin”24 Anglo SquareLot 13, Section E, DP 5409
House and garden
House and garden43 Arthur StreetLot 24, Section A, DP 5409No 43 Arthur Street is locally significant as it is a good representative example of the Federation residential development of circa 1920s in the Westbourne Park Estate subdivision.See Tropman and Tropman, Kogarah Heritage Study, July 1994, Group 3 Ref Item 33.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.1938 rates book, owner William Shields Armour, a superintendent at the Anthony Hordern’s store. The house name was ‘Durham’. Section A, corner block 24 of Westbourne Park Estate. Vol 2583 Fol 3 DP5409.
House and garden, “Titus”
House and garden, “Titus”45 Arthur StreetLot 41, Section F, DP 5409No 45 Arthur Street is locally significant as it is representative of the circa 1910 Federation residences, which form part of the Westbourne Estate subdivision of circa 1900.It has the name ‘Titus’.See Tropman and Tropman, Kogarah Heritage Study, July 1994, Group 2 Ref Item 13.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.1938 rates book, owner Francis William Mutch; house name ‘Titus’, no house number; Section F of Westbourne Park Estate, corner block 41. Vol 2243 Fol 228 DP5409.
Weatherboard cottages and their setting, including peppercorn tree
Weatherboard cottages and their setting, including peppercorn tree20 and 22 Botany StreetLots 25–27, DP 5619No 20-22 Botany Street and the peppercorn tree are listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Hurstville Local Environmental Plan 2012.They are weatherboard cottages on Lots 25-27 DP5619 and are of local significance.
Stone cottage “Old Ryan’s Dairy” and setting
Stone cottage “Old Ryan’s Dairy” and setting117 Botany StreetLot 8, Section C, DP 975238This simple stone cottage stands on lot 8 of the Hurstville Hill Estate.Thomas Ryan came from Monard in County Tipperary. He opened a dairy in Hurstville. He built his home in Botany Street circa 1897-98. His experience as a stone carter and quarryman accounts for this being the only stone building in Hurstville.He purchased Lots 8 and 9 of the Hurstville Hill Estate on 26 September 1894. On 26 February 1895 he purchased lots 13, 14 and 15 of section C of the estate, and on 9 April 1895 Lot 16 of Section C. On 9 April 1908 he purchased Lots 8 and 9 of Section D. After his death on 13 April 1908 his wife continued to add to the size of the dairy.Their son Thomas Ryan brought the whole property under the Real Property Act in 1925 and sold the house to Arthur Lawrence on 10 December 1925.See Hurstville Historical Society Heritage Register (1986) item no 4.LTO Primary Application 26283; Torrens Title Vol 3764 Fol 93, Vol 3813 Fol 92.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Hurstville Local Environmental Plan 2012.
Interwar bungalow “Grenfell” and setting
Interwar bungalow “Grenfell” and setting136 Carlton ParadeLot 1, Section 2, DP 976510No 136 Carlton Parade, on the corner of Botany Street, is a cottage on Lot 1 DP976510 and is of local significance.It has the name ‘Grenfell’.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Hurstville Local Environmental Plan 2012.
California bungalow and setting
California bungalow and setting3 Cronulla StreetLots 12 and 13, DP 456222No 3 Cronulla Street, on the corner with Station Lane, is a cottage on Lots 12 and 13 DP456222 and is of local significance.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Hurstville Local Environmental Plan 2012.
Interwar house and setting
Interwar house and setting7 Cronulla StreetLot B, DP 320947No 7 Cronulla Street is a particularly fine example of a liver brick cottage featuring very good terracotta and brick detailing, terracotta roof tiles, half-round pipe to gable, liver face brick to all sides, with bullnosed, half-stops ogee, and embossed brickwork (includes front fence), sandstone plinth, symmetrical gables and Art Deco leadlights.See A Photographic Guide to Architecturally and Historically Significant Buildings in the Municipality of Hurstville, 1983, item no 56. It was listed on the 2012 Hurstville LEP.
Pair of semi-detached cottages “Semah” and “Waratah” and their settings, including front fences
Pair of semi-detached cottages “Semah” and “Waratah” and their settings, including front fences30–32 Cronulla StreetLot 1, DP 198189; Lot 1, DP 715915Semis are unusual for the Hurstville area, and this pair is in good condition and a fine example. Features to note include slate roof, terracotta ridging, projecting parapet of common wall, bullnose verandah, timber and iron posts, sandstone plinth, quoining sills, front fence and ornamentation, and the coloured glass and leadlighting.The houses were named Waratah and Semah. In 1928, no 30 was occupied by William Hames, and no 32 was occupied by Horace Hames – Semah backwards. William Hames, who died in 1934, was a building contractor who specialised in stonework.[1] He supervised renovations at Parliament House, as foreman to the Public Works Department.See A Photographic Guide to Architecturally and Historically Significant Buildings in the Municipality of Hurstville, 1983, item no 58.They are listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and were previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Hurstville Local Environmental Plan 2012.See also 43 Durham Street, possibly also built by William Hames.[1] Propeller 27 December 1934, p5.
California bungalow “Beverley” and setting, including front fence
California bungalow “Beverley” and setting, including front fence43 Cronulla StreetLot 1, DP 85615No 43 Cronulla Street is a cottage on Lot 1, DP81615 and is of local significance.It has the name ‘Beverley’.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.
Federation house “Glenreagh” and setting
Federation house “Glenreagh” and setting77 Cronulla StreetLot 1, DP 828358This cottage is a good example of the period, in ‘Queen Anne’ style. In spite of a new tile roof many of the original details remain. They include polychromatic face brickwork, stucco to gable, joinery, timber posts, brackets, barge and gable, sunhood and pressed metal with downturned scalloped edging. The house name was Glenreagh.See A Photographic Guide to Architecturally and Historically Significant Buildings in the Municipality of Hurstville, 1983, item no 59. Lot 1 DP828358.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Hurstville Local Environmental Plan 2012.
Late Federation house “Clapham” and setting, including front fences and Canary Island Date Palm
Late Federation house “Clapham” and setting, including front fences and Canary Island Date Palm43 Durham StreetLot 42, Section C, DP 975238This is a very good example of the Edwardian period set on a corner block on the corner with Botany Street. It includes many details typical of the period. They include polychromatic face brickwork, quoins and sills, terracotta roof and finials, sandstone wall to corner verandah, original joinery, rose window, bay windows and leadlights.See A Photographic Guide to Architecturally and Historically Significant Buildings in the Municipality of Hurstville, 1983, item no 63 (below). Lot 42 Section C, DP 975238.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.In the 1928 Sands’ Directory, the householder was R Hames. He was likely a relation of William Hames, building contractor, who may have built the house. See also 30-32 Cronulla Street.
House and former corner shop
House and former corner shop41 Edward StreetLot 23, Section B, DP 5409House and Former Corner Shop 41 Edward Street Lot 23, Section B, DP 5409 Located on the corner of Edward Street and Colvin Avenue, No. 41 Edward Street is locally significant as a well-preserved example of a Federation Classical-style corner shop, dating from the early 20th century. It forms part of the Westbourne Estate subdivision, established circa 1900, and features a pediment inscribed with the date 1927, marking its later development phase. The building reflects the Federation era’s approach to suburban commercial architecture, where corner shops were integrated into residential streetscapes, often serving as vital community hubs. Its classical detailing and prominent corner position make it a distinctive element in the local heritage fabric. According to the 1928 Sands’ Directory, the householder was E. Hale, listed as a grocer. [1] By 1947, the shop was operated by Miss Rose Ball, continuing its role as a neighbourhood store. [2] The property is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021, and was previously listed in the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012, recognising its architectural and historical value. References: See Tropman and Tropman, Kogarah Heritage Study, July 1994, Group 2 Ref Item 13. 1. 11928 Sands’ Directory 2. 1947 Rates Book
House and garden
House and garden86 Hampton Court RoadLot 202, DP 1916No 86 Hampton Court is locally significant as it represents a good example of the Federation bungalow-style cottages that form part of the Carlton Township Estate of circa 1890.In the 1920s, Mr Frederick Nobles, a member of the Master Builders’ Association, was the owner of the house, and may have been its builder. Owner in 1938 Rates Book was Mrs Sarah Nobles, no house name. Corner lot 2020 of Carlton Township estate. Vol 3898 Fol 74 DP1916.Phoenix canariensis plantings highlight the entrance to Anglo Square.See Tropman and Tropman, Kogarah Heritage Study, July 1994, Group 2 Ref Item 18.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.
House and garden, “Winchester”
House and garden, “Winchester”10 Nielsen AvenueLot 48, DP 5452No 10 Nielsen Avenue is locally significant as it represents a good example of a Federation bungalow. It reflects the consolidation of development circa 1910. It has the name ‘Winchester’.See Tropman and Tropman, Kogarah Heritage Study, July 1994, Group 2 Ref Item 19.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.In the 1938 rates book the owner was Harold Charles Lay. Lot 48 of Webbers Estate. Vol 2067 Fol 182 DP5452.
House and garden, “Linden”
House and garden, “Linden”16 Nielsen AvenueLot 45, DP 5452No 16 Nielsen Avenue is locally significant as it represents a good example of a Federation bungalow. It has the name ‘Linden’. It reflects the consolidation of development circa 1910. Note mature brachychiton at front.See Tropman and Tropman, Kogarah Heritage Study, July 1994, Group 2 Ref Item 19.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.In the 1938 rates book the owners were James and Zillah Wilkinson and the house name was given as ‘Lynden’. Lot 45 of Webbers Estate.
St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church, excluding Sunday school hall and rectory
St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church, excluding Sunday school hall and rectory34 Park RoadLots 20–23, Section A, DP 2560; Lot 1, DP 326285; Lot 19, Section A, DP 5409St Cuthbert’s Church of England is on the corner of Park Road and Colvin Avenue. The foundation stone was laid on 11 April 1908, and work was carried out by members of the committee, supervised by Mr S Wilson. The church was opened on 15 August 1908 by the Vicar-General, Archdeacon Gunther.[1] The inaugural meeting to plan the church took place on 25 February 1907. The church was built on four blocks of the Westbourne Park Estate, purchased for £56, equivalent to 7/- per foot of frontage.[2]It was constructed of brick with stone facings in the Gothic style, and had seating for 200. The architect was Mr Rostron. It was originally iron-roofed, but designed so that it could be replaced later with slate. The work cost £650.[3] The pipe organ was presented by Mrs Wilson in memory of her daughter. The Rector was Rev H R A Wilson.The transept was added in 1927, and dedicated by the Rector, Rev A J Gardner. The church could now seat 370.[4]The new minister in February 1965 was Rev A J Richards.[5][1] St George Call 15 August 1908, p4.[2] St George Call 14 August 1909, p2.[3] St George Call 22 August 1908, p3.[4] Propeller 3 June 1927, p2.[5] Small photo of him in St George Call 11 February 1965.
House and garden
House and garden40 Park RoadLots 3 and 4, Section F, DP 5409No 40 Park Road is locally significant as it represents a good example of a grand Federation residence on the Westbourne Estate subdivision. Important elements are the use of local materials, the retention of the front entry tessellated tiles, and the infilled verandah.See Tropman and Tropman, Kogarah Heritage Study, July 1994, Group 3 Ref Item 32.Earnshaw identifies the house as ‘Clairette’, built for Clairette Reed, who married George Hargraves in 1921. In the 1938 rates book the owner was Mrs Clairette Hargraves, who also owned nos 38 and 40 Park Road.It is single storey, with hipped slate roof with terra cotta ridges. There are roughcast chimneys, and brickwork is light brown with dark purple banding.[1]Prominent trees in the front garden were removed c2014/15.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.[1] Earnshaw, Beverley, Houses and Heritage p58-59.
House and garden, “The Cobbles”
House and garden, “The Cobbles”33 Park StreetLot 1, DP 198769No 33 Park Street was listed in the 1993 Kogarah Heritage Study. It is a single-storey residence dating from circa 1930 in Inter-War Californian Bungalow style. It is named ‘The Cobbles’.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.In the 1938 rates book the owner was listed as Alfred Richards and the house name was ‘Fleur Baix’, after the WWI battlefield. It was a lot on Murrays subdivision, Vol 2800 Fol 59.
House and garden
Nos 1-3 Planthurst Road is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.House and garden1–3 Planthurst RoadLot 10, DP 1037820In the 1938 rates book the owner was Mrs Ethel Bowler and the house name was ‘Birksgate’.No 3 was offered for sale in a mortgagee sale in March 1939, described as “a commodious and well-built double-fronted cottage, of fibro and weatherboard, interior walls fibro lined; lounge, dining, breakfast room, three bedrooms.[1][1] Sydney Morning Herald 15 March 1939, p24.
House and garden
House and garden5 Planthurst RoadLot 3, DP 211577No 5 Planthurst Road is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.
Former Kogarah Hotel
Former Kogarah Hotel247 Princes HighwayLot 1, DP 301901The Kogarah Hotel was built 1879/1880 by Edmond English, and was sometimes referred to as English’s Hotel. The English family maintained a connection with the hotel until its closure in 1917.The hotel was placed to attract custom from passing traffic along Kogarah Road (Princes Highway) and from Hurstville. “It was a very busy district for the over-landers heading south”.[1] The hotel was built of stone and brick.The Echo of 16 October 1890 stated: “The Kogarah Hotel was built around eleven years ago”, ie circa 1879.[2]The Government Gazette of 9 July 1880 noted the issue of a publican’s license granted at Newtown Police Court to Edmond English for the Kogarah Hotel on the junction of Kogarah and Weber Roads [present-day Princes Highway and English Street].[3] Edmond transferred the licence to his son James in October 1880.[4]Horse-races to be held at Kogarah were advertised in October 1880, and the race secretary was ‘P[atrick] English of the Kogarah Hotel’, suggesting that the business was by then in full operation. An election meeting for State Parliament was held at the Hotel on 6 November 1880.[5] The meeting was addressed by the candidate for the Canterbury Electorate, Thomas Courtney.A pigeon shoot was advertised to be held at the Hotel on 8 January 1881 for a stake of £20.[6]Fletcher states erroneously, as does Hatton, that the Hotel was first licensed in 1882[7], and that the first licensee was James English, who was the son of Edmond English. James did take over the license from his father, but it was in 1880.[8]James English’s wife Mary died at the hotel in May 1883.[9]In August 1884 it was the venue for the meeting from which Kogarah School of Arts resulted. The meeting was convened by Patrick English, who was elected inaugural Honorary Secretary.[10]Candidates for the Kogarah municipal elections of 1886 addressed a meeting at the hotel.[11]A meeting urging the Government to construct a station at Carlton was held at the hotel in May 1886.[12]In February 1887 an inquest was held at the hotel into the suicide of local woman Catherine Carroll.[13]In March 1887, the lease, licence and goodwill of the hotel was put up for sale, owing to the retirement of the present owner through illness. It came with 40 acres of fenced land, used by local football and cricket clubs[14], and was a ‘grand opening for a good man’. Price £1,000. Rent was £2/10/- a week.[15]A meeting of the Anti-Chinese League was held at the hotel on 6 November 1888.[16] A stated aim of the League was to drive the Chinese out of the Newtown markets.James English was still licensee in 1888[17]. His second wife, also Mary (nee Unsworth), died at the hotel in February 1889.[18]In April 1889, James English was given permission to add six rooms to the Kogarah Hotel.[19]An inquest was held at “Inglis’s Kogarah Hotel” in May 1889 into the death of a commercial traveller; the man had died by peritonitis, brought on by his accidental swallowing of a cuff-link.[20] Inglis is presumably English.Patrick English [son of Edmond] was reported to be the licensee of the Kogarah Hotel in August 1890.[21]James English transferred the license to Charles Campbell in February 1891.[22] Campbell organised more shooting matches at the grounds adjacent to the hotel.[23]The Pride of Kogarah lodge of Royal Foresters was formed at the hotel in August 1892; Charles Campbell was one of the office-bearers in the new lodge.[24]Campbell transferred the licence to Edward Potts in 1893.[25]Mr Mountford, a Forest Lodge chemist who disappeared in murky circumstances in 1894 after a win at Moorefield racecourse, was last seen alive at the Kogarah Hotel in the company of two unknown men.[26]Goods from the bankrupt estate of Patrick English were sold off at the hotel in October 1894.[27]Edwin [sic] Potts transferred the licence back to Edmond English in 1900.[28] English, by now in his eighties, then transferred it to William Guttridge.[29] Guttridge transferred to John Joseph Murphy in 1901.[30] Murphy declared bankruptcy in 1903 and tenders for the lease and licence were advertised; rent was now £2 per week.[31]Henry W Humphries was the new landlord.[32] He transferred the licence to James English in May 1903.[33]James advertised tenders for unspecified alterations to the hotel in April 1907.[34] In 1910 he transferred the license to Lionel Ernest Wells.[35]The hotel was offered for sale in 1912, following the death of Edmond English. Downstairs there were 3 parlors and a small billiard-room off the bar, and a cellar or store-room; upstairs there were five bedrooms and a sitting-room; outside there was a kitchen, dining-room and bedroom. There was a one-room detached weatherboard building, and various outbuildings. The land had 140 foot frontage to the main road, by 140 feet depth. There were a balcony and verandah at front. The licensee, Harry Crichton, was paying £2/10/- a week in rent. It appears not to have sold.Potential purchasers may have been deterred by the possibility that the hotel would be one of those chosen for closure following the 1910 electoral referendum which following pressure from the temperance movement had voted for fewer hotels in a district.The local option poll of 1914 did indeed reduce the number of hotels in a district, and one of the casualties was the Kogarah Hotel.[36] The licensee Harry Crichton died at the hotel in August 1916.[37]In 1917, following three years of ‘time compensation’ it ceased being a hotel, the license was cancelled and the building was again put up for sale by the estate of the late Edmond English.[38] The building was converted into flats.In June 1993 it was The Dragon Chinese Restaurant.It is now [2018] the Nan Tien Buddhist Temple.[1] St George Call 20 July 1912, p5.[2] Quoted in St George Call 26 July 1919, p1-2.[3] New South Wales Government Gazette 9 July 1880, p3448; Sydney Morning Herald 10 June 1880, p7.[4] Sydney Morning Herald 6 October 1880, p6.[5] Australian Town and Country Journal, 13 November 1880, p13.[6] Sydney Morning Herald 30 December 1880, p2.[7] Fletcher, Jim (ed) River, Road and Rail, p43. Hatton, D J, The English Family of Kogarah, p65.[8] New South Wales Government Gazette 13 September 1882, p4744.[9] Sydney Morning Herald 12 May 1883, p20.[10] Evening News 31 July 1884, p3; 3 September 1884, p6.[11] Sydney Morning Herald 24 February 1886, p4.[12] Daily Telegraph 17 May 1886, p7.[13] Daily Telegraph 21 February 1887, p6.[14] This was presumably where the occasional pigeon shooting matches were also held.[15] Sydney Morning Herald 28 March 1887, p9.[16] Australian Star 8 November 1888, p3.[17] New South Wales Government Gazette 10 August 1888 p5639.[18] Sydney Morning Herald 26 February 1889, p12.[19] Sydney Morning Herald 17 April 1889, p11.[20] Evening News 16 May 1889, p5.[21] Sydney Morning Herald 26 August 1890, p3.[22] Evening News 4 February 1891, p2.[23] Referee 25 May 1892, p4.[24] Evening News 2 September 1892, p3.[25] Sydney Morning Herald 19 April 1893, p3.[26] Australian Star 6 March 1894, p6.[27] Sydney Morning Herald 29 October 1894, p2.[28] Evening News 23 October 1900, p3.[29] Evening News 4 December 1900, p6.[30] Sydney Morning Herald 1 October 1901, p3.[31] Evening News 13 February 1903, p1.[32] Sydney Morning Herald 24 March 1903, p7.[33] Evening News 19 May 1903, p3.[34] Sydney Morning Herald 27 April 1907, p16.[35] The Star 19 May 1910, p5.[36] Sydney Morning Herald 20 May 1914, p6.[37] Sydney Morning Herald 1 September 1916, p6.[38] Daily Telegraph 28 April 1917, p5 has description.
Kogarah Park and Jubilee Oval, including reserve, war memorial and oval
Kogarah Park and Jubilee Oval, including reserve, war memorial and oval249 Princes HighwayLot 2, DP 170281; Lots A and B, DP 316338; Lot A, DP 162265; Lot 7084, DP 93146Kogarah Council in 1890 wished to acquire portion of English’s Paddock, the present site of Jubilee Oval, to develop as a park. Negotiations were begun, and were successful in 1895, when Joseph Carruthers was Minister for Lands. The Government acquired the land, some 10 acres 2 roods and six perches, from Mr English for £2,000.[1]The land was gazetted as a public park on 1 July 1896. Trustees were appointed from the local community, namely James English, Amaziah Green, Peter Herrmann, John Bartholomew Carroll, Charles Barsby, John Sale, and the Hon Joseph Hector Carruthers.[2] The trustees managed the park until it was vested in Kogarah Council in 1906.In 1934 Council drew up a plan for the development of the park, to include construction of an oval and a grandstand. Works were completed by March 1936, for the Council’s jubilee celebrations, and the park was renamed Jubilee Oval.[3] Floodlighting was installed in 1936. The first game on the new ground was between Manly and St George on 18 April 1936. “Manly have many stars this season and should almost be a match for us”, declared the St George Call.[4]A new grandstand was added in 1989, opened in 1990. The ground is the home ground of St George and Illawarra Dragons rugby league team. From 1950 to 2003 it was known as Jubilee Oval. From 2003-2008 it was OKI Jubilee Stadium. From 2008 to 2014 it was WIN Jubilee Oval. From 2014 to 2016 it was UOW Jubilee Oval. At time of writing in 2024 it is called Netstrata Jubilee Oval.[1] Fletcher, Jim, River, Road and Rail p84.[2] Government Gazette 1 July 1896, p4463.[3] Kogarah Council Jubilee Celebrations Committee. At their meeting of 27 June 1935, it recommended “that consideration be given to the completion of the Kogarah Park oval and necessary steps be taken to construct suitable grandstand accommodation, the completed works to be known as the Jubilee Stand and Oval.” [4] St George Call 10 April 1936, p4.
Carlton Railway Station
Carlton Railway StationRailway ParadeLot 1, DP 1138068Rathbone stated: “After prolonged negotiations, the Railway Commissioners agreed that providing the land was given free, the sum of £400 paid and a guarantee given that 60 first-class tickets would be taken annually, a platform would be erected. And so, on February 15 1887, a platform made out of sleepers with a ticket office which cost a mere £15 to erect was opened. The fact that the platform was built on the Carlton Estate and called after it gave Carlton its name.”[1]Tenders for the building of Carlton Railway Station were received in June 1890. The lowest tender was that of Mr Michael, who tendered £1,590.[2] The ticket office at Carlton Station was broken into and coins stolen on 26 October 1890. The main building was on the ‘up’ platform with a small waiting shed on the ‘down’ platform.Carlton Railway Station was officially opened on 22 November 1890 for general traffic.[3] Alderman Lacey presided at the celebratory banquet.The platform was asphalted on 3 December 1890, and both platforms were fenced on 11 February 1891.An overbridge was provided on the ‘down’ end of the platform on 11 May 1896.On 7 April 1900 both platforms were extended to 122 metres. The platforms were extended on 20 October 1905.On 1 July 1912 a new footbridge was provided at the ‘up’ end and platforms were lengthened. The ‘down’ end footbridge was removed.When quadruplication of the line took place, new tracks were constructed to the rear of both side platforms making them island-type. The old footbridge was raised 152mm and a new overhead booking office was constructed on the footbridge.See undated photo in Lawrence, Joan Pictorial Memories St George p19 from Vic Solomons collection, circa 1910s.[1] Rathbone, Ron, p10.[2] Australian Star 14 June 1890, p6.[3] Australian Star 24 November 1890, p3.
Royal Hotel
Royal Hotel314 Railway ParadeLot 1, DP 174657The Royal Hotel, Carlton was in existence from circa 1888. An inquest was held at the ‘Royal Hotel, Hurstville’ on 24 November 1888 into the accidental drowning of a man in ‘Durham’s watering-hole’.[1]Henry Mitchell was the hotel’s proprietor for 23 years; he died in 1914[2]. It was on the corner of Short Street and Carlton Parade. It is shown in a photograph of Carlton Station taken in circa 1907, held in the collection of Sydney University (HP83.60.2874). See also photo in Australian Town and Country Journal 24 November 1900 p32, which states it was four storeys high and contained forty rooms.The licensee in 1921 was Samuel Wallington. In 1936 it was thought likely that the old hotel would soon be replaced by modern shops and flats. Its trade had been taken by the more modern structure erected recently on the Kogarah side of the line in Railway Parade.[3] The current Royal Hotel was built in 1935 at a cost of £13,500.[4] Architects were Prevost and Ruwald, who specialised in designing hotel for Tooth and Co, and the builder was C Paynter.[5] The style is described as Inter-War Free Classical.On 4 June 1949 the hotel was twice struck by lightning.On 30 July 1951, two policemen were attacked by a mob of forty men at the hotel.[6] Five men were arrested.[1] Daily Telegraph 27 November 1888, p7.[2] Rathbone, Ron, The Carlton Story p28.[3] Propeller 22 October 1936, p3.[4] St George Call 3 May 1935, p1.[5] Construction 7 August 1935, p5.[6] Sun 8 August 1951, p8.
House and garden
House and garden5 Waterview StreetLot 201, DP 1053797No 5 Waterview Street is a single-storey residence in Victorian Italianate style.The owner was listed in the 1938 rates book as Miss Jessie Macpherson and the house name was ‘Waroonga’. It was on part lots 97 and 98 of the Planthurst Estate.It is listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 and was previously listed as a Heritage Item in Schedule 5 of the Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012.
